TY - BOOK ID - 9309070 TI - Female combatants in conflict and peace : challenging gender in violence and post-conflict reintegration PY - 2015 SN - 9781137516558 1137516550 1349560731 1137516569 PB - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan DB - UniCat KW - Women in combat. KW - Women soldiers. KW - Women and war. KW - Transitional justice. KW - Peace-building. KW - #SBIB:327.5H21 KW - #SBIB:316.346H24 KW - #SBIB:316.346H29 KW - Building peace KW - Peacebuilding KW - Conflict management KW - Peace KW - Peacekeeping forces KW - Justice KW - Human rights KW - War and women KW - War KW - Women and the military KW - Women as soldiers KW - Women in the military KW - Soldiers KW - Combat KW - Women soldiers KW - Vrede – oorlog, oorlogssituaties KW - Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: politiek KW - Positie van de vrouw in de samenleving: andere topics KW - Women soldiersVrede – oorlog, oorlogssituaties KW - Women in combat KW - Women and war KW - Transitional justice KW - Peace-building UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9309070 AB - "Female combatants in conflict and peace explores the gendered dynamics of engagement in conflict and post-conflict peace processes. It seeks to contribute to the growing body of literature on the intersection of gender, conflict, and peace by specifically focusing on a particular group of women female combatants who pose a challenge to conventional attitudes towards the gendered relationship between violence and peace. In critically scrutinising the role of female combatants in conflict and peace, this edited volume identifies key questions: what role do women play in conflict situations, and what are their experiences of engagement with violence? Where are the female combatants positioned in post-conflict peace and reintegration processes? Through an examination of theory and practice of women's participation in violent conflicts, this study makes the argument that both conflict and post-conflict situations are gender insensitive"--Back cover. ER -